While living in Eretz Yisrael, I was delayed many times due to a chefetz chashud—a suspicious package—but I never got to witness the procedure up

The excitement is palpable. Eitan Shushan’s bar mitzvah will be held this coming Shabbat, im yirtzeh Hashem, at Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of

Parshat Shelach This week’s haftarah is taken from the second perek in Sefer Yehoshua, which actually relates events that took place even before those found

It was one of those moments that are priceless as a parent. When one of our children was about 7 years old, he woke up

What would you do if, with one change, your Jewish day school or yeshiva could: Advance students two years beyond their grade level in Hebrew

A recent article in The Jewish Link, “Learning Goes Beyond the Classroom: Reflections on Four Years at TABC,” by Meir Jacobs, made me want to

When we think of motorcycle riders, the typical stereotyped image that enters our minds is that of an rough-looking, Hell’s Angel-type, tattooed gang member riding

Part 8—Sunday June 4, 1939 (this letter continues from last week) Dear Wife, I cannot possibly reply to your letters today, since what I would

Reviewing: “Books of the People: Revisiting Classic Works of Jewish Thought,” edited by Stuart W. Halpern. Maggid Books. Hardcover, 372 pages, 2017. ISBN-10: 1592644708. Publisher’s

“Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud,” by Barry Holtz. Yale University Press. Born in the land of Israel around 50 C.E., Rabbi Akiva was the

Reviewing: “The 28th of Iyar: The Dramatic, Day-by-Day Journal of an American Family in Israel During the Six-Day War,” by Rabbi Emanuel Feldman. Feldheim Publishers.

Reviewing: “Reclaiming Israel’s History: Roots, Rights, and the Struggle for Peace,” by David Brog. Regnery Publishing. Hardcover, 256 pages, 2017. ISBN-10: 162157590X. “Those who cannot